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Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC): Research Methods: suggested readings

Welcome to the CAAC subject guide. This guide will introduce you to valuable information sources that are tailor-made for the subject, as well as services and facilities offered by the UP DLS.

General methods texts

Cresswell, J. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches. Sage. Open Access.

Greenfield, T., & Greener, S. (2016). Research methods for postgraduates (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.  Available as e-book through the UP library.

Laher, S., Fynn, A., & Kramer, S. (Eds.). (2019). Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Case Studies from South Africa. Wits University Press. Open Access.

Leedy, P, & Ormrod, J. (2021). Practical Research: Planning and Design, Global Edition. Pearson. Available as e-book through the UP library.

Literature Review

Machi, L.A, & McEvoy, B.T. (2022). The literature review: Six steps to success. Corwin.

Systematic review

Cherry, M.G. Boland, A., Dickson, R (Eds) (2024). Doing a systematic review: A student's guide. Sage. (available as hard copy book in library)

Cochrane Collaboration. (2019). Cochrane handbook for Systematic Reviews of interventions (J. P. T. Higgins, J. Thomas, J. Chandler, M. Cumpston, T. Li, M. J. Page, & V. A. Welch, Eds.; Second edition). Wiley-Blackwell

Statistics

Pallant, J. (2020). SPSS survival manual. Allan & Unwin.